Running applications with Docker Compose

Docker Compose (http://docs.docker.com/compose/) is the native Docker tool that runs interdependent containers that make up an application. We define a multicontainer application in a single file and feed it to Docker Compose, which sets up the application. In this recipe, we'll once again use WordPress as a sample application to run.

Getting ready

To install Docker Compose, run the following command:

$ sudo pip install docker-compose

How to do it

Follow these steps:

1. Create a directory for the application, and within it, create...